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" Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people. "

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" We've never been a band that gets up on stage and says, 'OK, we're going to play our entire new album.' Of course we want to introduce new music, but we also want to play the songs people want to sing along with. "

" We've never been your traditional rock-pop band. Lyrically, I've always had more of an interest in spirituality and that kind of thing. "

" I would have to recommend the chorus of 'Lightning Crashes' for just about everyone that needs a little something, a little comeback. "

" We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence. "

" Ever since we started, we've been trying to give people music that is pop music where you could just get into the melody and get into the performance of the band and be quite satisfied. "

" Open Wings - Broken Strings is an opportunity for you to get to the heart of your favorite artists and their songs in a unique and compelling way. Stripped down, intimate and acoustic, you'll hear the strings on the guitar vibrate and buzz, the vocal chords hum and pulsate as the songs you love come to life like you never knew they could. "

" One of the lyrics from Bono that always sticks with me is 'Where the Streets Have No Name.' Just the name of the song, that sort of oneness, and there isn't any division in yourself, and your just at peace and fired up at the same time. "

" I think the message of the Live/Counting Crows tour is that, aside from what's going on trendwise, if you dig a little, you can always find something to inspire you. "

" I love Peter Gabriel, and I've come so close to working with him a few times. We were on a movie soundtrack together, but we didn't actually write together. "

" The message of 'The Distance To Here' is no secret. It is a message of love and an invitation to myself and to those who want to come along to ask the big questions and not feel uncool doing it. "

" The way you perform really depends on the way you live your life. It's not two separate things. "

" Practicing love is a difficult thing to do. It's much easier to get angry. "

" I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into, 'We want you to think this.' And that's not what we're about. "

" It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more. "

" I really don't do concept stuff very well. If I'm sitting thinking about what kind of song I want to write, within a few minutes, I'm kind of bored. It's just a personal thing for me. "

" As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume! "

" What I think shines through for us is that we have a real respect for the music and a real reverence. "

" I was buddies with Dennis Rodman back in the day; actually, I am still buddies with him, and so I have gone to a lot of games and always enjoyed it. "

" You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. "

" You're living in a fantasy to think that music can actually change something. "

" I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll. "

" Individuals have to find a place to experience a profundity of feeling, and art is a means to that. "

" I've found lyrics in songs that always center me. "

" Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much. "

" When we were starting out as a band, I was addicted to college radio. "

" Music, in its clearest and simplest form, can be a catalyst to thought, but that's about it. "

" I was into all of the Pennsylvania teams at some point in my childhood. I would flip back and forth between the Pirates and the Phillies, and I was always a Steelers fan but not much of an Eagles fan. Then I became kind of a band nerd in school, and I went the music route. "

" We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours together and go for it. "

" I always thought it odoriferous for people to go about trying to pummel others with their ideas. "

" I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing. "